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There seems to be no way to avoid them these days, everyone’s doing it, so pack your selfie-stick, your mirror, your pen for signing autographs, and let’s all go on an Ego Trip! Of course, I’ve added a few cautionary tales to the itinerary, and a few of these trips come in for a crash landing.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album title

YOU’RE SO VAIN / Carly Simon / “Greatest Hits Vol. 1”

I’M HIP / Blossom Dearie / “Blossom Dearie 1975”

THE BEST THING FOR YOU / George Evans / “Live At The Cellar”

PEEL ME A GRAPE / Shirley Horn / “The Main Ingredient”

I BELIEVE IN YOU / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “It Might As Well Be Swing”

THE BEST IS YET TO COME / Delicatessen / “Goodnight Kiss”

A LOT OF LIVING TO DO / Sammy Davis / “Sammy Davis Jr. Belts The Best Of Broadway”

OLD WORLD CHARM / Maud Hixon / “Don’t Let A Good Thing Get Away”

IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND / Mark Murphy / “Once To Every Heart”

YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM ST. LOUIS / (Mystery Vocalist) / Tammy Grimes / “Tammy Grimes”

I BELIEVE SHE WAS TALKIN’ ABOUT ME / Kevin Mahogany & Randy Travis / “Another Time Another Place”

PAY SOME ATTENTION TO ME / Lena Jansson / “That Certain Feeling”

I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER / Marc Pompe / “Monk’s Dream”

I FEEL PRETTY / Sophie Milman / “Sophie Milman”

YOU’RE BLASÉ / Stan Getz / “My Old Flame”

COMMON TOUCH / Nancy Kelly / “B That Way”

YOU’RE LOOKING AT ME / Nat King Cole / “After Midnight”

ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA / Morgana King / “This Is Always”

I CAN’T GET STARTED / Jamie Cullum / “Sunday Express Vol. 2”

YOU’LL SEE / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”

WHEN IN ROME / Tina May / “A Wing & A Prayer”

BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN / Johnny Hartman / “This One’s For Tedi”

PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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